Alan Catello Grazioso
Alan Catello Grazioso is an American non-fiction filmmaker, multimedia and online content producer. Grazioso created original content for three PBS Kids television series including Zoom, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman and Postcards from Buster, the last of which he was nominated for a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children Series. Grazioso's online video credits include "Lives on the Line: The Human Cost of Chicken", a web-based interactive project funded and published by Oxfam America which received a 2016 Webby Award Honoree achievement. In 2016, The Washington Post ran a two-minute online short film produced by Grazioso for Oxfam's "Lives on the Line" campaign and current affairs website AJ+ ran a separate social media targeted version.
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Grazioso in Hong Kong in 2015 | |
Born | Alan Catello Grazioso New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Nationality | Italian-American |
Alma mater | Northeastern University, Notre Dame High School (West Haven, Connecticut) |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, producer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse |
Patricia Alvarado Nuñez
(m. 1999) |
Website | www |
Grazioso graduated from Northeastern University in Boston. In 2017, he oversaw production of a series of video assets for Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) ManageMentor, a subscriber-based online learning platform for global Fortune 500 companies. Grazioso was staff member of Harvard Business School (HBS), responsible for multimedia production of curriculum-focused content and overseas on-location production internationally and domestically in close partnership with HBS faculty. Grazioso also co-conceived of the podcast series "HBS Staff Stories" in collaboration with the leadership and content teams in the HBS Dean's Office and Marketing and Communications Department. Grazioso currently is the executive producer of multimedia on the Communications team at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), which is part of Harvard University. In April 2022, the HRI Communications group led the digital launch of the Harvard & Legacy of Slavery website, which was anchored at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and included a report, film, articles, and a mobile-based app tour. Grazioso served as the executive producer of the mobile-based tour. In April 2023, Grazioso and his team at Radcliffe were nominated for three Webby Awards. In May 2023, Grazioso's video work featuring Radcliffe Fellow Isabel Galleymore was spotlighted on the landing page of Harvard.edu, the main website of Harvard University during Climate Change Action Week.